Black Fins - Ricky Montgomery

She came down from Cincinatti It took her three days on a train Looking for some peace and quiet Hoped to see the sun again But now she lives down by the ocean She's taking care to look for sharks They hang out in the local bars And they feed right after dark Can't you feel them circling, honey? Can't you feel them swimming around? You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only bait in town Oh-oh-woah, oh-oh-woah You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only girl in town She's saving up all of her money Wants to hit it south in may Maybe roll in the sand with a rock 'n roll man Somewhere down Monserat Way But the money's good, and the season Helps to lighten up her load Boys keep her high as the months go by She's getting post cards from the road Can't you feel them closing in, honey? Can't you feel them schooling around? You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only girl in town Sailed off to Antigua It took her three days on a boat Looking for some peace and quiet Maybe keep her dreams afloat But now she feels like A remora With the school still close at hand Just behind the reef are the big white teath Of the sharks that can swim on the land Can't you feel them circling, honey? Can't you feel them schoolin' around? You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only bait in town You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only girl in town

I slept straight through to eight a. m. That same old lame alarm clock excuse just ain't gonna work again I light a Marlboro for breakfast On my way out the door That's the third day this month I had one too many the night before And judging from the past, it won't be the last It's a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall With a shovel in my hand and a hammer in my head Right about now I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do instead But I dig in this hole for my dignity I think I finally come to understand working for the man ain't working for me I can only take so much My only way is up From a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Living in a free fall It's a free fall when your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well, the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line and I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall Free fall

On the chain link in the backyard Hit the home run Who's gonna go get it? Daddy's Chevrolet on the tailpine Creepin' upsides Won't ever forget it On the screws of a screen door Tina on the school board If I had to paint the place I grew up I think I color it rust Yeah, we got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire We don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust It was only whole nails, boat dock Number 700, bottom of the tackle box Auburn hair falling down in a flat bed God even put it in a sunset We got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire We don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust Nothing 'round here stays new forever Time goes by So does the weather The best things I know get a little better with rust Yeah, we got a blue sky, black top and some fields of gold White cotton poppin' up where the green grass grows This red-light town wouldn't shine like it does Yeah, if it didn't have a little rust Up and down that water tower Rust wrapped around that barbed wire And we don't need no paint trying to cover it up Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust Up on that Massey Tractor Rust, yeah, man, on it it don't matter That welcome sign is something I love Yeah, it's the color of rust Ain't nothing wrong with a little bit of rust